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A Divine Accident

Synopsis

A childhood spent in Hollywood, a father who was beloved by the entertainment elite and all the shiny things money can buy; Carol Sorkin Hunter’s life should have been a fairy tale.
Shadows lurked behind; a near fatal electrocution at eight years old, her mother’s Mafia brothers, and a sinister sexual experience triggered a personal journey. Carol’s life spun out of control, she tried to slow it down with a sugar addiction.
Spanning from World War Two to the attack on the Twin Towers, Hunter experienced two failed marriages, and at a time when it wasn’t common practice to divorce, she was granted a new trial after secretly tape recording her father-in-law admitting his son was a bigamist.
The divorce settlement allowed her to live and paint in Rome, she returned home to Los Angeles, married again and gave birth to twin daughters. Her second marriage- to a bi-polar husband- became volatile and she once again divorced. As her confidence plummeted, her hopelessness grew. Poverty threatened her very existence.
From this low point in her life, Carol heard words that triggered her journey toward self-worth, the fulfillment of her talents, and by Divine Accident, her soul mate.

Author Biography

A childhood spent in Hollywood, a father who was beloved by the entertainment elite and all the shiny things money can buy; Carol Sorkin Hunter’s life should have been a fairy tale.
Shadows lurked behind; a near fatal electrocution at eight years old, her mother’s Mafia brothers, and a sinister sexual experience triggered a personal journey. Carol’s life spun out of control, she tried to slow it down with a sugar addiction.
Spanning from World War Two to the attack on the Twin Towers, Hunter experienced two failed marriages, and at a time when it wasn’t common practice to divorce, she was granted a new trial after secretly tape recording her father-in-law admitting his son was a bigamist.
The divorce settlement allowed her to live and paint in Rome, she returned home to Los Angeles, married again and gave birth to twin daughters. Her second marriage- to a bi-polar husband- became volatile and she once again divorced. As her confidence plummeted, her hopelessness grew. Poverty threatened her very existence.
From this low point in her life, Carol heard words that triggered her journey toward self-worth, the fulfillment of her talents, and by Divine Accident, her soul mate.

Author Insight

I believed in a power I couldn't see or touch !

I have learned to trust this power unconditionally. All I know is that it works. There have been so many miracles and I am no different than you.
In this particular chapter I arrived at one of my miracles.

Book Excerpt

A Divine Accident

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

As my studies progressed, so did my self-confidence. I was finally able to put the

pieces of my former marriages to rest and achieve the peace of mind I had yearned for. It

was amazing. After tiptoeing into belief in a Power I couldn’t see or touch, I strode with

assurance into an unshakable faith that the perfect outcome for any number of difficult

life situations was possible. My trust in this Power was profound at the time. I felt like a

Gold Medal winner.

And I still do.

For the first time, I felt consciously connected to a loving Being who made my

wellbeing a priority. I marveled at the generation of comfort, serenity and contentment

this knowledge brought. The more specific my prayers became, the more amazed I was at

the extraordinary results and healings.

It is difficult to describe, but I can only image that my feelings were not unlike those

of a bungee jumper plummeting through space while being securely protected by a tether

anchored in an immoveable and omnipresent rock. One that is far older and more reliable

than even the Rock of Gibraltar, which is stated to be 200 million years old and has

withstood the trauma of storms, the battering from roiling seas, centuries as a fortified

battlement, and a changing populace from the Phoenicians to the British.

Where once I had been preoccupied and brought to a standstill by problems, my

studies revealed they were simply exaggerated molehills based upon my heightened

vulnerability, which, of course, resulted in a weakened sense of power. Through my

intensive studies in Science of Mind, I could accept each problem as a summons to

prayer.

Yes, there were difficult days when I pestered Mother or Sandra with elaborations of

my woes. Far too many to count.

This time, though, I had a plan on paper in my handwriting. I could own it, read it

daily, and be reminded of who I was and who I wanted to become and why. I arose each

morning mindful of my many little successes, instead of the failure of the day before.

This time, the failures only disheartened me temporarily. The road would be long and

fraught with setbacks, but if I wanted a happier and more fulfilling life, I had to change

what I had been doing unmindfully for years. I continued my studies with the goal of

becoming a licensed Science of Mind practitioner. The extra meetings and late-night

studying became part of my daily routine, outside of being the best mother I could

possibly be. The girls were changing, too. Their lives included music and dance lessons

and visits to the homes of friends. I loved every new thing they experienced and

remembered the good things about my life at their age. I also remembered my

disappointments, loneliness, and yearning to feel more loved by my busy parents.